Welcome to the fantastic book circus that is the YA Scavenger Hunt! For those new to the fun-fest that is YASH, this bi-annual event was first organized by the fabulous Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to bonus material from their favorite authors … and a chance to win some awesome prizes!

If you came here looking for my bonus material, an excerpt from WATERFELL, you’ll have to keep hunting! This hunt, I am a member of the PURPLE team!

At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team!But play fast: this contest (and all the bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday October 6th!

Check out the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are five contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM–but there are also other fabulous teams for a chance to win a whole different set of signed books!

If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, OR IF YOU ARE STUCK, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: In my post, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden my favorite number somewhere. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on each team, and then add them up.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by OCTOBER 6TH, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

ARE YOU GUYS READY?!?!

I am so happy to be hosting my friend, the lovely PINTIP DUNN, author of MALICE for this leg of the YA Scavenger Hunt!

Pintip Dunn is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B., and received her J.D. at Yale Law School.

Pintip’s novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book, and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated for the following awards: the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire; the Japanese Sakura Medal; the MASL Truman Award; the Tome Society It list; and the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award. Her other titles include REMEMBER YESTERDAY, THE DARKEST LIE, GIRL ON THE VERGE, STAR-CROSSED, and the upcoming MALICE.

a student in my class will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus

What I don’t know:

who they are

In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out their identity, but I’ll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill them. Because I’m starting to realize no one is telling the truth. But how can I play chess with someone who already knows the outcome of my every move? Someone so filled with malice she’s lost all hope in humanity? Well, I’ll just have to find a way—because now she’s drawn a target on the only boy I’ve ever loved…

Find out more information about this exciting book by checking out PINTIP DUNN‘s website!

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

And DRUMROLL please … now for PINTIP DUNN‘s exclusive content! A deleted scene from MALICE!!

I’m so excited to share with you a never-before-seen excerpt
from my new book, MALICE (coming Feb. 2020!) This book is so near and dear to
my heart. It’s got my fav elements of any story — a twisty plot, with a
difficult moral choice at its core. More than that, I’m kinda, sorta, TOTALLY
in love with my characters! Alice is bad at cooking and as loyal as the time
stream is long. I almost feel badly about what I put her through… except I’m
also giving her Bandit, the blue-haired Thai boy who just might be my favorite
hero. (Shhhh!!! Don’t tell the others!)

Most Obnoxious Boy Alive:
chrysanthemum tea too. cuz it reminds me of my khun yai. she used to make it 4
me every morning w loads of brown sugar

My fingers hover over my cell phone. I can’t bring myself to
shut him down. Not now. Because I know from Lalana that Khun Yai means “grandmother.” And…he spoke about her in the past
tense.

I remember, too, that Lalana attended a funeral last year.
And I’m pretty sure it was for Bandit’s grandmother.

Me: Of course you would
like your tea super sweet.

Most Obnoxious Boy Alive:
I dont. but thats how my khun yai liked it, so thats how I drank it

Me: And that’s how you
still make your tea?

Dots appear. And then disappear. And then appear again, as
though he can’t decide how to respond. I meant the question as a throw-away,
but now, I’m gripping my phone like our very future depends on the answer.
Finally, his response pops up.

To enter the contest, you need to know that my favorite number is hidden somewhere in this post (hint: scroll up two lines – it starts with THIR and ends with TEEN). Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on my team and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

While you’re here with me, be sure to enter the personal contest I’m hosting below for a chance to win signed books (including the newly published AQUARATHI series – The Little Mermaid meets Pacific Rim)!

Theresa

Destiny C.

October 6, 2019 at 9:18 am (8 months ago)

I would have to see the scenery I would be living in, and understand the physics of living underwater. I’d have to know the limitations of each. If I can talk normally and such underwater I would love that. If I’m in the sky, I feel it could be limiting if you cannot go to the ground. Both sound cold haha, but maybe living in a tropical sea is what I’d choose.

Karen DeVaney

katerina

October 5, 2019 at 4:13 pm (8 months ago)

It’s a tough question. The sky is full of possibility and freedom, it would be what i needed to spread my wings, literally. On the other hand, there are so many question about the sea that i have and want to find out the answers to.
However, the sky would have to be my answer if i could only choose one. The sky means absolute control of my life since i would be free to fly high with no restrictions.

Candice

I think I like the idea of living in the sky. Hopefully that would mean I’d have some ability to fly (on my own or with some type of aircraft, flying contraption, etc.), and then I could visit the land and water if and when I want to. ^_^

(Living underwater sounds incredibly interesting too, but large sea creatures make me nervous. Even some freshwater species. I like to study them but still…)

Artemis Giote

October 5, 2019 at 7:12 am (8 months ago)

I’m afraid of heights so the sky probably wouldn’t be fun for me. The underwater world is magnificent and mysterious. The ocean is a whole other world that most people don’t know or understand. I would love to being one of the people who could understand this world.

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About The Author

AMALIE HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she spent most of her childhood with her nose buried in a book or running around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees, and dreaming of adventure. 25 countries, surfing with sharks, and several tattoos later, she has traded in bungee jumping in China for writing the adventures she imagines instead. She isn’t entirely convinced which takes more guts.